Gaurav Jain wrote the playbook for pre-seed investing. A decade later, he's running one of the industry's most prolific early-stage funds.

Source: Business Insider

Courtesy of Gaurav Jain, Ava Horton/BIWhen Gaurav Jain started his VC career, pre-seed investing was viewed negatively in the industry. He cofounded his VC firm, Afore Capital, in 2016 specifically to invest in pre-seed funding rounds. Read: "The Seed 100: The best early-stage investors of 2025.